Merry Christmas!!!!

SLACKER......

Wow, I have been slacking on my blog!

It's been almost a month since I've been on here.

Life has been busy.

Thanksgiving was wonderful.

SO nice to have my family over and just relax.

RELAX:

A word I very rarely get to use anymore because it

is rare in my household. I use to be a busy body

I NEVER wanted to be home. I just wanted to be

out and about. Not necessarily doing anything. We could

just drive around just so I didn't have to be home.

Nowadays, ALL I want to do is be home.

I don't want to work or drive around.

( Although I am ALWAYS up for a good shopping trip)

BUT, at the end of the day I am just so tired. I am tired of

being tired. That's life right? I'm not the only one?

I guess that happens with a 17 month old. 

WHOA! 17 months!?

Where the heck did the time go?? It seems like 

just yesterday I was pregnant and now he is

non stop everywhere, getting into everything

and growing too dang fast!!

He is so smart. ( Smarter than me at times haha)

We took Matthew to see Christmas lights

last week and he absolutely LOVED them. We 

put our lights up on our house the week before

Thanksgiving but I'm not quite done with them yet. I'll 

post pictures when I'm done.  Ha if I remember.

I'm that house that competes with other people for the 

best decorated house. I want to win this year. I thought

I was going to because NO ONE on my street put lights

up until like last weekend, but I was wrong. I have some serious

competition. ( all in good fun people)

So I have some goals I really want to work on.

1. Finish my Christmas Decor (yes it makes the list)

2. Clean up my den and make it into my craft room

(I used to be really into scrapbooking but since Matthew

I haven't had the time or the place to do it.)

3. Start scrapbooking and doing crafts again. (For those of you

who read my facebook, I NEED a hobby)

4. Go through Matthew's closet and pack up his newborn stuff and clothes

that are too small for him.

(I went through a bunch and gave them to my brother for my nephew but we still

have a ton and Matty's closet is bulging and NEEDS to be emptied and stored)

5. Go through my house and get rid of the clutter. It NEEDS to be done.

So as you can tell there is a lot that I NEED to do but getting

it done is the kicker. So here's to me actually crossing off some

of these goals.

I did get my Christmas cards sent out which is a HUGE accomplishment for me. 

(That I got them sent BEFORE Christmas)

I can't wait for Christmas. I am so excited to see Matthew's face

Christmas morning and watch him open  his presents.

(he's getting some pretty sweet toys)

Here's pictures of life at the Serrano house lately. Enjoy and have a Happy Week!

Haha his hair! LOVE it!

We bought Matty a booster seat so he can sit at the table with us. NO MORE high chair!

He's very proud! :)

The one about being THANKFUL!

I feel the need to apologize for my rant last week.

YES, I am still very annoyed about the whole situation but, this blog is my journal and I don't want to  look back later and remember bad things. So I am sorry for complaining so much.

I am trying to take a step back and just be thankful for what I do have and just not let things like that get to me so easily.

Thankful

I know its pretty cliche that it is November, THE month of giving Thanks but, my post today is about some of the things I am thankful for.

1.FAMILY~ I am sooooo lucky to have my family. My husband is amazing and loves me no matter what. He puts up with my complaining and my bad days and still loves me.  My baby boy. I can't imagine life without him anymore. My life would be incomplete without him. I just love him. And of course, the rest of my family as well. Mom&dad, Steven, Clif&Syl,Aubrey&Ben, and Kinsey. Even extended family!! I can't name everyone but a few, Grandma Lorraine, Grandma Fran,Aunt Jo and Uncle Tom.

2.MY HOME~ I am grateful for my house. I LOVE our quiet neighborhood and my big backyard for Matthew to play in.  

3.MY KINSEY~ OMG lets just say without my sister life would be.....
A WHOLE LOTCRAZIER. She helps me sooooo much and I am most grateful for everything she does. And I mean EVERYTHING. All the little things as small as changing a diaper are amazingly helpful to me.
4. Believe it or not I am thankful to have aJOB. I know so many people are without and would be grateful to do what I do. And I am grateful for Berto's job. His job is so amazing and provides for our family even though I hate his hours.

5.FRIENDS~ I am grateful for the friends I have. (You know who you are) People I have known for many many years that I know would always be there for me if I needed them.

There are so many things I am thankful for.

Oh and I am SO SO SO excited that my grandma Lorraine will be here for Thanksgiving AND Christmas this year! I can't wait to see her and for her to spend time with Matthew. He LOVES her. I can't wait for the Holidays this year. This is my favorite time of the year. I love the smells, the decorations, the family get togethers, and the spirit of it all. I can't wait to put my Christmas Tree and lights up. Its gonna be GREAT!

Just in case I don't get on here in the next 2 weeks since I am hosting Thanksgiving its gonna be busy.....

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Love,

The Serrano's

Roberto, Julie, and Matthew

The one about the Binky........

AHHHHHHHHH!

I couldn't find a woman.....

  THIS is how I have been feeling lately. My job is

making me feel this way.

The sad part its not my actual job....

its the people I work for and regarding things that

don't have anything to do with work.

For instance,

Matty has a binky. Ok, so the previous

pediatrician I worked for (a veteran of like 20 plus years)

told me that she believes its perfectly fine for kids

to have a binky until age 2. At a maximum....

Matty just barely turned 16 months.

He literally only gets his binky if he's so tired

he's whining like crazy or when he goes to bed.

Thats it... (unless he finds one , but then I take it away)

The new pediatrician I work for I am having 

issues with lately. I am so fed up with her telling me 

that Matty is too old for a binky or her most common 

comment when she sees Matthew is,

"Oh, I'm so glad you don't have a binky in your mouth."

These comments are made when Matty is just there with

me, NOT at appointments.

That's totally fine if she wants to recommend that

we get rid of the binky at appts but not every single

time I bring him in with me. Its annoying to say the least.

I plan on taking the binky away well before Matthew turns 2, but I just don't want 

to yet. I am of course going with the other pediatrician's recommendation because

I worked for her the last 3 and a half years and if she says its okay then I'm content 

with her saying that.

The new pediatrician JUST got out of her residency is July. Ya, she's

that new.... So who's advice would you take?

Here's the thing,

Is it, or is it not MY choice as his mother to decide how long he has the binky?

If I chose for him to have it until he's 4, is that not my decision as his mother??

(Not the smartest idea going that long, but its the idea that counts)

Besides, don't freaking tell me how to parent when you haven't been through any of it with 

your child yet. You don't know what its like. Just because your a doctor doesn't mean you

know everything.

And don't give me personal recommendations, ( that I don't ask for) outside of an appointment.

I don't appreciate it, it just freaking annoys the crap out of me and makes me want to find a new doctor. Which is sad because I work for one.

As my previous post says, I am stressed to say the least with my job.

Between the snotty comments about how I raise my child and the

actual work related stuff, I'm at my breaking point. 

Believe me I'd quit if I could.

Its just sad because 6 months ago I LOVED my job. 

Everything about it. Now, I hate it. 

You know its Monday.....

My baby sister Kinsey got in a car accident at

lunch today. :(

Luckily no one is really hurt. She has a sore neck and 

back but nothing major. She got T-boned making a left out of a gas

station and the other driver crunched her drivers side door.

Her poor car needs surgery. And of course it was her

fault so she got a ticket for failure to yield. 

I just feel bad for her. I took on a very mommy perspective and got all defensive and teary eyed. I felt like it was my child. Oh parenthood, whats its done to me emotionally.

(Haha, funny note. I was the first person she called. Not my parents or the cops. I feel loved.)

It's Monday and I'm full of complaints. Sorry but

I HATE mondays.

Here's to a happier rest of the week....

The One with the missing Pictures!!

Poofy Butt

 HALLOWEEN 
2010

Mickey Mouse! So stinkin cute!

Going Trick or Treating with Grandma

Mommy & Mickey

I just LOVE him :)

My favorite Pic

 NOVEMBER

2010

My new camera :)

Its pretty awesome!

The one with 2 posts within an hour???

I am done complaining and felt that I needed to move on and blog about something happy so
On to a happier note...
HALLOWEEN!


Berto and I are not big Halloween fans. I don't think since I've been with him we have ever celebrated Halloween together. Just not a fun occasion for us I guess.
We did dress up Matthew though. OMG super freaking cute!!


Matthew was MICKEY MOUSE for Halloween.
THE absolute cutest Mickey Mouse I have ever seen!  We just took Matty up and down the streets in my mom's neighborhood.  It was so funny, people were sitting outside and voting on the cutest Halloween costume they had seen so far. I kept hearing people say that for sure he was the cutest so far. Haha he was pretty dang cute :)


He filled up his entire bucket full of candy. ( Mommy likes candy so its mostly for her.)          :)


My husband is pretty dang awesome. I have been telling him that I want a nice camera for Christmas. I found the one I wanted and showed him. So he knew what to get me. Well that particular camera happen to be at an amazing price and Berto noticed so he decided to get it for me just as an I love you, don't worry gift!!! He realized that it will never be that cheap and even if it is people who are smart will snag it on Black Friday and it'll be gone forever. So that being said I am now a proud owner of a NIKON coolpix L110.

I am still trying to figure out how to work it and all its cool features but I have taken some pictures. Unfortunately freaking stupid blogger will NOT let me post any pictures. I've been trying for almost and hour and a half and I don't know what's wrong.

So next time hopefully blogger will let me...

The One about Life not being so great

UGH!!!!

That pretty much sums up what I am feeling right now. I'm so tired of the drama and the stress in my life. Mostly having to do with work. Which totally sucks because I used to just LOVE my job. I most definitely can not say that anymore.  My job for the past 6 months or so has been full of stress and drama and it carries back to my home life.

Not saying that my home life is bad, just stressful. I only work 4 hours in the morning. That's it, 4 hours. You wouldn't think that life would be so difficult. BUT, it is. In those 4 hours you would be amazed at how much crap and drama there can be. Its never ending and I am so fed up. As soon as I think things are getting better another bomb drops and I'm right back to worrying and stressing and its not fun.

TIRED

That, I guess, would be the best way to explain it. After those ridiculously horrible 4 hours all I want to do is go home and be with my family but work follows me home. Its freaking consuming my existence. I don't know what the heck I'm gonna do. I don't want to quit because I sort of need my job but I don't know how much longer I can deal with the crap!

I wish I knew how to control my feelings and just not let stuff get to me. I haven't figured it out.
Sorry for the rant. I just needed to get it out and I do feel better.

The One where we are obsessed with the SUNS!!

Can I just say I freaking LOVE basketball season?

Its a new found love. Three years ago... I hated basketball, I hated pretty much ALL sports. I really have never been a fan of any of them.

BUT, my husband is really into basketball and soccer so I've learned to like them. Not really Soccer, just basketball.

Two years ago, the 2008-2009 season was when I really got into it. I was pregnant and sick all the time so I sat on the couch a lot. Basketball was the channel I always ended up stopping on and so my husband would tell me he wanted to watch it. So I made him explain it to me and I'm sure I was VERY annoying, but I understand it now so that's great!
 

That same season I made my hubby take me to a game because I was obsessed. I was like 4 or 5 months pregnant and SUPER irritable. 

So we were playing the Spurs...
 (the dreaded Spurs) AND OF COURSE our seats are right in front of this couple obsessed with the Spurs. The entire game was spent with them screaming behind me, "GO SPURS GO!!"

OMG, lets just say it was a horrible experience and I have not been to another game since. I want to go but just haven't been able to.

So we are hoping to go this season... we'll see....

I really want to be season ticket holders.... one day

anyway sorry for the long rant and rave about the Suns. I'm bored and its in between commercials of the Suns vs Lakers. 

GO SUNS!!!!

Happy weekend.

Or I guess I should say HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

(We ended up buying Matty the super cute Mickey Mouse costume, pictures next time.)

The One about the ZOO!!!

ZOO

We went to the Zoo on Saturday. It was so much fun! The last time I went was when Matthew was a "wee" baby so it wasn't too much fun. We ended up paying a little extra for the wild pass which includes unlimited carousel rides and the safari train... totally worth it!

Matthew wasn't too sure about the carousel. I think he would have liked it better if he could have sat on my lap. haha

Unfortunately it was WAY TO O HOT!!!!!

We rode the safari train around the park which shows you the biggest animals. We walked to the koala bear exhibit and saw all the nasty bugs. We brought our lunch and were attacked by bees. Lets just say Kinsey got smacked a lot because of said bees. It was not pleasant.

After that we were exhausted and decided to call it a day and make the hour drive back to 

Queen Creek.  

At the beginning of the month Kinsey moved back in with me.
Can I just say? What a blessing! She helps me out so much and is so willing to help. Not to mention she's pretty dang good company.

I have made it through the first week of being a part time worker and full time mommy. It's been a little more stressful than I thought it would. Originally the plan was going to be that I went to work in the morning from 830-9ish to 1230-1ish. So about 4 hours and then come home and Berto would go to work. He starts at 2:15pm. With us only having one car at the moment, this plan was perfect...... That is until Berto decided to take overtime. When this happens I have to bring Matthew to work with me and work is difficult when he is there. Its hard to focus on what I need to get done when I am constantly checking on Matty.
 I LOVE having him at work with me and I'm lucky that my job allows me to bring him. ( I work for a pediatrician so its the perfect environment for him.) BUT, its distracting.

Hopefully today is the last day I have to bring him for awhile so we can have a less stressful week.
I want to be able to enjoy being home with Matthew.

Enjoy the pics, til next time :)

Sorry they're out of order.... Stupid Blogspot's new photo uploader SUCKS!

I love his face in this pic. (and yes I know my toe is WAY weird)

Is it bad that I have NO idea what is in his mouth?? No its not his teeth... He hasn't gotten his molars yet.

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Carousel at the Zoo

I LOVE his eyes. They are gorgeous!!!

I don't know.....

I just like Kinsey's face in the pic. ;)

"I don't know about this giraffe"

Checking out the souvenirs

This is my child licking the ketchup off the plate....

"AHHHHH"

Matty & Auntie Kinsey checking out the lions

Safari Train

Gotta get EVERY last drop of ketchup... it makes me laugh :)

Ok maybe this ride is cool....

Maybe not....